Students at Foley High School are in the midst of a week filled with dressing up, decorating, cheering and building spirit as the Foley Lions prepare to take on the McGill Toolen Yellow Jackets for their homecoming game on Friday.

The windows of downtown Foley businesses will also be decorated for Homecoming this week. High school clubs and feeder schools painted the windows.

To kick off homecoming week, the cheerleaders, homecoming court, band and football players are holding pep rallies at the feeder schools. Summerdale Middle had a pep rally on Monday afternoon, Elberta Middle had a pep rally on Tuesday afternoon, and Foley Middle will have a pep rally on Wednesday  afternoon.

The Homecoming parade will roll through the streets of Foley on Thursday The parade will begin at 5 p.m., departing from Foley Middle. The parade will then head east on U.S. 98, turn south on Alston, cross over U.S. 98, turn east on Violet and end at the Heritage Park Gazebo. The parade will include decorated floats, and will have participants from clubs, feeder schools, football players, homecoming court and the “Band from Lion Land.”

Directly following the parade, the sixth annual “Leo in the Park” pep rally will take place in the Heritage Park. Junior Varsity and Varsity cheerleaders along with the band will be leading the cheering crowd. Principal Russ Moore and head football coach Todd Watson are expected to speak, and the homecoming court will be introduced.

The 2010 Homecoming Court is made up of seniors Shelby Bonner, Christina Cecrle, Tiffany Cumbie, Lindsey Feely, Kearstin Grubbs, Megan Haber, Farrah King, Carry Le, Gabrielle McNair, Mercedes Moreno, Kaitlyn O’Neal and Taelor Slota.

Friday, as the Lions get ready to take on the Yellow Jackets, a pep rally will also be held at the high school beginning at 2:30 p.m. The football game will begin at 7 p.m., with the homecoming court called out at pre-game ceremonies beginning at 6:30 p.m. The homecoming queen will be announced during the pre-game ceremonies.

Foley High School hopes to see the community participate in all of the events planned this week.